EASTWEST and FOODPANDA Launches ULTIMATE FOODIE CARD

Looks like the folks from foodpanda and EastWest Bank are making your foodie adventures even better as they give you the ULTIMATE FOODIE CARD that has got ton of perks, something that's never been seen in the food delivery or restaurant and banking scene. Foodies are definitely special, and what this means for all of us is better benefits on top of the convenience owning an EastWest Bank Credit Card. 

For starters, there's CASHBACK on every foodpanda transaction like 10 percent til Php400 is reached, 3 percent til 3 percent is reached, 1 percent on Overseas spend, and 3 percent on domestic. 

Dani Jaramillo the Managing Director of foodpanda Philippines says "Thank you to our local partner EastWest Bank, Visa, as we now have a shared commitment for our digital first customers. We want to give more deals for our customers to make sure they get their instant cravings. You will get weekly Cashback, as we work hard with our partners, especially the ones who do small purchases very frequently. This just amplifies what we do, and hope you love the benefits the card brings. This also supports NFC and Google Pay."

Jerry Ngo of EasyWest Bank says "Food, Easy and Free, we are now celebrating the launch of the ultimate foodie card. We are pushing the boundaries for Filipinos, positioned for the millenials, so they can spend and get rewarded immediately with the things that they like. Food, experience and entertainment, hopefully with foodpanda and Visa, can be used not just here, but abroad. It's a celebration of food, being easy and free!"

It's super easy to apply via their QR codes, which only requires you IDs and a selfie video. 

Visa also said that it wasn't easy to bring to life but there's value to partnerships with people and entities you can trust. This is the 4th product to launch with the bank and the need to change is increasing because payments are changing, it starts today with the GenZ who wants things given now. The partnership with Foodpanda and EastWest Bank makes it easy.

This really fits the need of their consumers. Time to get rewards with those foodpanda purchases huh?!

More Celebrities, Food, Destinations on the Second Year of FARM TO TABLE

Chef JR ROYOL is steadily becoming a household name in the Philippines through his show "Farm to Table". They are currently celebrating their 2nd year and yes, there are going to be a few changes especially with the way they do the show. 

The confident man who hails from Mountain Province talked to us more about what's going to happen in the next few weeks as they come out with more content from different locations. Farm to Table will visit his Mom's hometown of Barlig in this week's episode. This will start on Sunday at 6:50PM. 

 

He says "Thank you for celebrating our 2nd Farmniversary with us, we are excited to share with you good news about the show. Definitely it's going to be a consistent cooking element, we are going to expand our reach, the places that we plan to go to will have us explore and discover more people week after week. I would hope we can do that in the next few episodes, so we can tell more stories and food adventures too. It's totally a collaborative effort to focus on food we do. We don't limit ourselves with a particular cuisine and always integrate local ingredients that we have in the country and tell the stories about them. We want to start this year with a bang, so this weekend we will have BEA ALONZO as our guest. We will also be having TikTok personalities and other chefs that will also be in the show. As far as guests, we have a lot of stars coming in the next food adventures!"

He is so thankful about the show and adds "The show was able to make me work with very dynamic people, we are not boxed up and the different locations gives us a chance to work with a lot of talented individuals. We also get to create different dishes with not so common produce, we usually encounter them in the local markets and the locals tell us how to cook it."

He wants to introduce a dish internationally and says "Pinikpikan is the number one dish that should be introduced to the world. It's easy, the method can be taught, and I could eat it everyday. If there's anything, it's number one for me because there's nothing like it. You could also see it in other cultures but the process is innately ours alone."

He remarks "I wish the show would last for years, this show could be done til we're sixty, but more than that, to our viewers I hope you watch it every week. We do it purely that this comes from our heart, and I hope our viewers appreciate how we do Farm to Table."

There's certainly more to look forward to in the next few episodes, so if you are into food adventures, get Chef JR ROYOL to take you along different places in the Philippines and see how colorful our food culture is. This show airs Sundays on GTV and their other online channels.

Home Foodie Starts Season 5 on GMA

Yes! Would you believe? It’s their 5th season and nobody’s getting old. This is hosted by husband and wife team Drew Arelllano and Iya Villania with Chefs Martin Narisima, John Valley and Llena Tan-Arenas. This year though they are making headway with easy to prepare meals because it’s #Madalicious and #Affordalicious!

The twist is, they’re going to be cooking outside. You’ll get to see locations like the Sierra Madre mountains as their backdrop. Drew Arellano will also get to talk to people around the city, they get to taste their dishes and perhaps let them taste what they prepared on the show.

Iya says “All these recipes are made by the Chefs who will also be with us in this show. I happened to see myself more in the kitchen because Primo wants to be there too. I thought I wouldn’t have time but if it’s what he wants, we have to be there too.”

Drew adds “I am a home foodie, I am not the type who would eat something just to get by, it needs to be creative, it doesn’t have to be expensive, just explore and experiment, I need to be happy when I finish eating because after a hard days work, it is what you look forward to when you go home.”

Home Foodie is going to be seen every weekday mornings (starts June 10, 2019) right after morning show Unang Hirit on GMA. Make sure to catch them and get those kids nutritious, easy to prepare delicious food on their table or their baon to school. You may also check their recipes at homefoodie.com or their Youtube, FB, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Just search for Home Foodie PH.

They might feature Creamy Pork BBQ Pasta, Sisig Fried Rice, Chicken and Mussels Paella, Chili Chicken, Tokwa and TJ, Home made Burgers, Cookies and Cream Polvoron and several desserts! Meats are from Monterey and Magnolia, plus more products from San Miguel Purefoods.

Let’s get cookin!

I super love the Sisig Rice!